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5049 Aluminum vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal

5049 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 5049 aluminum and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 52 to 88
15
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
8.5
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 91 to 280
23

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 620
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
150
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
19
Density, g/cm3 2.7
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
840

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 59 to 570
11
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
1.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
9.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 56
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.7 to 97.9
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
14 to 16
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
77.1 to 81.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.6 to 2.5
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.1
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.1
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.0050
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0